Also called drag harrow. a type of harrow consisting of heavy beams, often with spikes inserted, used to crush clods, level soil, or prepare seedbeds

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a sporting coach with seats inside and out, usually drawn by four horses

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a braking or retarding device, such as a metal piece fitted to the underside of the wheel of a horse-drawn vehicle

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a person or thing that slows up progress

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slow progress or movement

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(aeronautics) the resistance to the motion of a body passing through a fluid, esp through air: applied to an aircraft in flight, it is the component of the resultant aerodynamic force measured parallel to the direction of air flow

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the trail of scent left by a fox or other animal hunted with hounds

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an artificial trail of a strong-smelling substance, sometimes including aniseed, drawn over the ground for hounds to follow

drag

v.

mid-15c., from Old Norse draga, or a dialectal variant of Old English dragan "to draw," both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dragan "to draw, pull," from PIE root *dhragh- "to draw, drag on the ground" (cf. Sanskrit dhrajati "pulls, slides in," Russian drogi "wagon;" but not considered to be directly the source of Latin trahere).

Meaning "to take a puff" (of a cigarette, etc.) is from 1914. Related: Dragged; dragging. Drag-out "violent fight" is from c.1859. To drag (one's) feet (1946, in figurative sense) supposedly is from logging, from a lazy way to use a two-man saw.

Sense of "annoying, boring person or thing" is 1813, perhaps from the notion of something that must be dragged as an impediment. Sense of "women's clothing worn by a man" is said to be 1870 theater slang, from the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor (another guess is Yiddish trogn "to wear," from German tragen); drag queen is from 1941.

Drag racing (1947), is said to be from thieves' slang drag "automobile" (1935), perhaps ultimately from slang sense of "wagon, buggy" (1755), because a horse would drag it. By 1851 this was transferred to "street," as in the phrase main drag (which some propose as the source of the racing sense).

In addition to the time trials there are a number of "drag races" between two or more cars. They are run, not for record, but to satisfy the desire of most Americans to see who can get from here to there in the fastest time. ["Popular Mechanics," January 1947]

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(drāg) A force acting on a moving body, opposite in direction to the movement of the body, caused by the interaction of the body and the medium it moves through. The strength of drag usually depends on the velocity of the body. ◇ Drag caused by buildup of pressure in front of the moving body and a decrease in pressure behind the body is called pressure drag. It is an important factor in the design of aerodynamically efficient shapes for cars and airplanes. ◇ Drag caused by the viscosity of the medium as the molecules along the body's surface move through it is called skin drag or skin friction. It is an important factor in the design of efficient surface materials for cars, airplanes, boat hulls, skis, and swimsuits. Compare lift. See Note at aerodynamics.

(also drag party) A party or gathering, usually of homosexuals, where everyone wears clothing of the other sex; a clustering of transvestites (1920s+ Homosexuals)

Clothing worn by someone of the sex for which the clothing was not intended; transvestite costume, esp women's clothing worn by a man: We shall come in drag, which means wearing women's costumes/ Mother walked in, a little Prussian officer in drag(1870+ Homosexuals)

A roll of money, purse, etc, used to lure the victim in a confidence game (Police)

A situation, occupation, event, etc, that is tedious and trying; downer: Life can be such a drag one minute and a solid sender the next/ Keeping things at the cleaners was sometimes a last-minute drag(1940s+ Jazz musicians)

A dull, boring person: Don't ask John to the party; he's such a drag(1940s+)

verb

: dragging on cigars and feeling grown up(1919+)

To race down a straightaway (1950s+ Hot rodders)

To move an image, a file designation, etc, or expand a designated menu on the computer screen by using the mouse: I copied the whole file onto a floppy disk, dragged the original file into the electronic trash can(1980s+ Computer)